Window hood



Oct. 17, 1950 J. E. SPEAR 2,526,168

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Patented Oct. -1 7, 950

WINDOW'HOQD John E. Spear, WichitmKans. Application October 19, 1945, Serial No. 623,263

The invention herein disclosed relates to hoods for windows, or the likegand has-for one of its objects a rain-proof featureto guard against rain enteringa building should the-upper 'sash ofra window be partially open and iurthermoresaid hood to function as a meansqto avoid a direct blast :of air current irom passing through'the opening provided by the upper sash.

Another object of this invention is to construct a hood having a removable pitched topmade from sheet metal, or the like, the top when removed providing accessible means to the upper extremity of the windows, whereby screens, or storm sash may be applied and removed conveniently.

A still further object of this invention is to.

construct a collapsible hood for packing and shipping purposes.

These and other objects will hereinafter be more fully explained, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of. this III.

specification, and in which like characters will I of a building embodying a window and the hood attached thereto, parts removed for convenience of illustration.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the hood as applied to the outside casing of a frame structure, or to the brick mold of a masonry building.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 33 in Fig. 1.

Fig. l is an enlarged top view through the hood structure, parts removed for convenience of illustration.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 55, inFig. 4, parts removed for convenience of illustration. x

As a, more concised description of my invention it will be seen that the same consists of a pair of metallic brackets I, each of which comprises a solid body triangular in ,form, and two of their sides being at right angle and joined by a hypotenusal side. Said brackets are adapted to be secured totheir respectiveoutside casings 2, of

sides of the brackets are providedwith grooves confronting each-other'and spaced inwardly; a ,short distance from their respective sides, and

being in parallelism therewith. Said grooves; are

formed by inner and outerlips' l andfi, respectively, the inner lip 4" being wider than the outer lip .5, and on which a sheet-metal top B will seat whileftheend edges of the top will enter between the lips and being secured :thereinby set screws 1 threadedly engaging in lips 5 whereby upon loosening of the screws the top may be removed in order to place screens, or storm sash over the windows.

It will be seen in Fig. 3 that the ends of the top extend full length of the grooves, co-acting with the'brackets, to function as a uard against rain and a direct blastof air therethrough when the upper window sash 8 is partially open. Furthermore the said top has a portion thereof bent upwardly and outwardly as at B to lie flat uponthe head casing A and being preferably secured there-:

to by a plurality of screws 9, or thelike. It will also be seen in Fig. 4 that the sheet metal top adjacent each upper corner is severed as at C to provide a narrow straight portion for entry into the grooves of the brackets and when the top is slid upwardly to its extremity, the said narrow straight, portion may be bent to conform to the intermediate bent portion of the top by placing a tool thereunder to bend the same as it emerges from the grooves.

As a means to secure the brackets to the end edges of the top there is provided a pair of rods Ill passing through their respective apertures adjacent the upper and lower outer corners of the brackets and. beneath the sheet-metal top to avoid excess vibration or deflection inwardly of the top, said rods being tensioned firmly by nuts I I threadedl engaging thereon to bind the edges of thetop as seated in the grooves.

While I have shown and described a hood for a single window. the same may be applied to'plurally assembled windows, commercially knownas mulli-on windows, for example double, triple,

quadruple, or more, and the rods increased in diameter and length according to the width of the groups to carry the sheet-metal top against deflection. Furthermore to avoid downward deflection of the top an individual bracket or brackets may be applied intermediately of the ends of said top merely as a support and on which the sheet-metal top will lie, in which instance, the lips on the hypotenusal side may be removed. Furthemore the description herein disclosed is recited in favor of metal for the top a W ll but 1 do not wish to be restricted to such material alone as the same, may be made of plastic, wood structure, or other suitable material. It will also be understood that the hood may be applied to structures built from brick,

stone, or a stucco finish, and in either of the above enumerated cases, the brackets may be secured to a brick mold common to such structures while the upper extremity of the top portion will extend beneath the lintel and suitably secured by an abutting contact therewith, or may be secured to its brick that crosses the top of the window frame, and such other modifications may be employed as lie within the scope of the appended claim.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

I claim:

In a hood for a window comprising a pair of triangularly shaped'end brackets, said brackets being spaced apart, two edges of each bracket being horizontally and vertically disposed, re-

spectively, and at right angles to each other, the

other edge of each bracket being slantingly inclined, the vertically disposed edges of the brackets being substantially twice the length of 4 gage as securing means therefor to a window casing, a pair of lips formed along the inclined edge of each bracket, said lips extending inwardly to provide a groove, an elongated and rectangular sheet-like top having its ends slidably engaged in the grooves of the brackets providing an inclined roof for the hood, the upp r extremity of the inclined top being bent vertically upward to seat upon the upper head of the casing and being attachable thereto by screws, a set screw threaded in the lower portion of the upper lip of each bracket to retain the end of the top in its respective groove, and rods extending from bracket to bracket in contact with the underside of the top to support the same against deflection downwardly.

JOHN E. SPEAR.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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